djdeathskiss writes: Aint It Cool News has an exclusive video clip from Orlando’s new film ‘Elizabethtown’. [More]
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Tosaanne writes that Josef Madlener’s hitherto lost original painting that was the inspiration for Tolkien’s Gandalf has been rediscovered. It will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in London on 12 July 2005. [More]
Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as the Virgin Queen in a multi-million-dollar sequel to her Oscar-nominated 1998 film Elizabeth. Elizabeth: The Golden Age will tell the story of the Tudor monarch’s tempestuous relationship with Sir Walter Raleigh, suggesting Queen Elizabeth was infatuated with the adventurer. [More]
Sometimes, just sometimes, it’s interesting and fun to play ‘what if?’. That’s why this weekend, we’re asking you ‘What if Gollum had lived?’. At the climax of the Return of the King, Frodo claims the ring for himself, Gollum grabs him and bites off Frodo’s finger. The Precious is his! But as Gollum holds up both ring and finger triumphantly, he slips, dropping both the Ring and Frodo’s finger into the fire. Yet he doesn’t fall in himself. What happens next? [More]
Monte was the first to let us know that Hubble scored a glimpse of the Eye of Sauron. Wonderful things like this is why we need to keep the Hubble Space Telescope alive. More]
FredO wrote to let us know that the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has now confirmed the rumor that Billy Boyd will be a guest vocalist at their July 22nd and 23rd performances of The Lord of the Rings Symphony. Billy will reprise his role as Pippin and sing “The Edge Of Night” from the Return Of The King as he performs it live for the first time anywhere when he appears with the PSO on July 22nd & 23rd, 2005. He will also be attending, for each performance, the pre-concert Q&A, the post-concert
reception and the Middle Earth dinner. Only Gold Circle tickets, the ones that cost $75.00, get tickets to the post-concert reception. Tickets to the Middle Earth dinner, which is a fund-raiser for the PSO, are $65.00. There is still time to get a last minute flight. [More]